HIV Flashcards

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How does HIV demonstrate evolution in real time?

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from the moment of infection, it is under a massive assault from the immune system, which initially drives rapid changes in the outer envelope protein in gp120 and antibodies are developed and the strain dies out a new strain is developed with a different outer envelope which becomes the predominant one.

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